School-based research. 14 : A guide for education students / Elaine Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Elaine (Elaine Geraldine), author.

Series:

Core textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Preservice Training.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

3rd edition.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, 2017.

Summary:

Focused on the needs of the new classroom researcher, and those studying education on Masters-level courses, this is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods. It guides you through research design, data collection and analysis and how to write up your research findings. This third edition has been updated to provide further coverage on the best ways to approach, construct and carry out educational research within the classroom including: a new chapter on disseminating research, knowledge, expanded coverage of formulating research questions, a reworked chapter structure better reflecting the research process. This is essential reading for students on education degree programmes including a research methods component, including education studies, undergraduate (BEd, BA with QTS) and postgraduate (PGCE, School Direct, Teach First, SCITT) initial teacher education courses, MEd and professional development courses. Online resources expanding on and complementing the contents of the book can be found at: study.sagepub.com/wilsonsbr3e.

Contents:

Introduction: Why should teachers do school-based research? PART ONE: USING EXISTING RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND AND PLAN SCHOOL BASED RESEARCH Becoming a Reflexive Teacher - Elaine Wilson Refining the Focus for Research and Formulating a Research Question - Elaine Wilson Reviewing the Literature and Writing a Literature Review - Elaine Wilson Research with Younger Children: Issues and Approaches - Paul Warwick and Roland Chaplain PART TWO: CARRYING OUT AND REPORTING ON CLASSROOM-BASED RESEARCH Research Design - Elaine Wilson Ethics in Educational Research - Kris Stutchbury Data Collection - Elaine Wilson and Alison Fox Handling Data - Elaine Wilson and Alison Fox Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research by Teacher Researchers - Michael Evans Analysing Qualitative Data - Michael Evans Taking a Quantitative Approach - Mark Winterbottom Analysing Quantitative Data - Ros McLellan Writing about Your Research - Elaine Wilson PART THREE: METHODOLOGIES What Is Educational Action Research? - Elaine Wilson How to Do Action Research - Elaine Wilson The Case Study - Helen Demetriou Building Theory from Data: Grounded Theory - Keith S Taber PART FOUR: PARADIGMS Beyond Positivism: 'Scientific' Research into Education - Keith S Taber Interpretivism: Meeting Our Selves in Research - Christine Counsell Conclusion Glossary References Index

Notes:

Previous edition: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Paperback:

ISBN:

1-5264-1417-1

1-4462-7201-X

9781036234645

OCLC:

1194870112